vitamirus - From 2 Latin words 'Vita' meaning Life and 'Mirus' which means Amazing.
"Amazing Life" - I am an amateur photographer who loves life and loves photography as a hobby.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Birds of a feather - using the 100mm - 400mm IS L Series Lens

Last weekend we went back to our new favorite camping spot at Tallarook.

Some local birds popped in for a sticky beak at their new neighbours so I clipped the trusty 100-400mm IS L Series lens on and started to shoot.

The birds were quite the posers so there was plenty of opportunity to get some nice shots.

At first I found too many shots with slight camera shake and I remembered that old rule of thumb about making the shutter speed at least as fast as the focal length. So given I was shooting at 400mm I switched to TV on the 7D and set the shutter speed to 1/400th with much better results.
I also increased the ISO so that in the shaded lighting of the bush the aperture was staying above the minimum F5.6 of the lens at that focal length.